This function enables you to search for a Keystone Symposia meeting by any word in the meeting title, location, organizer names, meeting summary or sessions (including session names, speaker names and talk titles).

SEARCHING BY A NAME: If you are searching based on a person's name, it is best to enter only part of the name, OR to enter the First Name, the word 'AND', and the Last Name, like this: "James AND Aiken".

KEYWORD(S) ENTERED

WOULD RETURN...

Aiken

James Aiken, Jim Aiken, Robert Aiken, Walter Aikenstein

James AND Aiken

James Aiken, James W. Aiken, James R. AikenWould NOT find: Jim Aiken, Robert Aiken, James Taylor

James OR Aiken

James Aiken, James W. Aiken, James R. Aiken, Jim Aiken, Robert Aiken, James Taylor, James Johnson, Jesse James

We often list the person's full name with the Middle Initial.See 'Combined Words' below for more details.

Searches on the Keystone Symposia website can be modified to narrow or expand your search criteria using the terms listed below.

TERM

USE

EXAMPLE

AND

Used to narrow your search.

Cancer AND MicroRNA - would return any meetings/abstracts with both 'Cancer' and 'MicroRNA'. If just one of these terms exist, the meeting/abstract would not be returned in the search. See NOTE below

OR

Used to expand your search.

Cancer OR MicroRNA - would return any meetings/abstracts with either 'Cancer' or 'MicroRNA'. If just one of these terms exist, the meeting/abstract would be returned in the search. See NOTE below

You may use commas instead of the word OR...so 'Cancer OR MicroRNA' is the same as 'Cancer, MicroRNA'.

NOT

Used to narrow your search.

Cancer NOT MicroRNA - would return any meetings/abstracts with 'Cancer' but not 'MicroRNA'. If both of these terms exist, the meeting/abstract would not be returned in the search. See NOTE below

Combined Words

Used to narrow your search.

Cancer MicroRNA - would return any meetings/abstracts with 'Cancer MicroRNA', but not meetings with only 'Cancer', or only 'MicroRNA', or both words...it is expecting to find the term 'Cancer MicroRNA' which is unlikely. The better way to search would be to use 'Cancer AND MicroRNA' or 'Cancer OR MicroRNA', depending on what you were searching for. See NOTE below

Wildcards

Asterisk (*) - Used to expand your search...helpful if you know a part of a word, or part of a name you are looking for.

By default, any keyword you enter on the Keystone Symposia website will be 'wildcarded', so there is no need to enter a special character at the end of your term, such as an asterisk.

NOTE: When using 'AND', 'OR', and 'NOT', the FIRST word must be an exact match...

For example, searching for "Canc AND MicroRNA" is not the same search as "Cancer AND MicroRNA"; the first search would NOT return records with 'Cancer', only the second search would because the full word Cancer was typed.

Keystone Symposia aims to advance life science discovery through exchange and dialogue among a diverse community
of scientists participating in our high-quality research conferences throughout the world. In this spirit, all
Keystone Symposia events are open to all, and the organization strives for an inclusive and welcoming environment.
We highly value diversity of opinions and experiences at our conferences and in the scientific community.
The participation of scientists from ALL countries and backgrounds is extremely important to our organization.

The recent White House Executive Order could potentially restrict the scientific diversity at Keystone Symposia
conferences, thereby diminishing the excellence of our meetings, thwarting efforts toward inclusion of all attendees
and discouraging collaboration among different scientific cultures that is vital to the advancement of science.
At Keystone Symposia, we remain committed to these principles. We are therefore working on behalf of all those
who wish to attend Keystone Symposia conferences to ensure that they receive the attention needed to facilitate
their attendance within the boundaries of the law in this very fluid situation.

We are aware that this Executive Order, if reinstated, may impact not just scientists, students and postdoctoral
fellows who are nationals of the affected nations, and living in those countries, but also nationals of those
countries who are now working or studying elsewhere. Reinstatement may also result in changes in the visa
issuance process that could delay approval of visas required for nationals from certain countries who wish
to attend our conferences. Anyone affected who has submitted an abstract or registered for one of our upcoming
conferences but who may no longer be able to attend the conference due to the Executive Order should not hesitate
to contact our Attendee Services Department (+1 800-253-0685; +1 970-262-1230; info@keystonesymposia.org)
for assistance.

Why Participate?

Keystone Symposia convenes dynamic, open, peer-reviewed conferences on the exciting new frontiers of life science.
Whether you are a geneticist, an immunologist or virtually any other type of life science investigator, and whether
you are from academia, industry or the government/nonprofit sector, we think you will find the experience of attending
a Keystone Symposia meeting valuable and memorable.

There are many distinguishing features of Keystone Symposia conferences.

Interactions easily occur due to the relatively small size of the meetings and the relaxed venues where they are held.

High-quality, late-breaking science is presented in a non-commercial atmosphere.

New, often cross-disciplinary collaborations are forged during social hours and free time.

Recreational experiences in beautiful settings refresh the mind and inspire creative, new thinking and direction.

Newer investigators receive mentoring, gain feedback and exposure during poster sessions, and can be selected to give short talks.

For the 2011 meeting season, 92% of participants rated the Keystone Symposia meeting
quality “Excellent” or “Very Good” in a survey completed by approximately 33% of all attendees.

77% of survey respondents agreed that they had made a useful contact,
66% that their participation resulted in saving research time or money or accelerated reaching
a research objective, 85% that the meeting facilitated interactions between junior and
senior investigators, and 94% that they learned a usable idea or new technique.

Please note that registration is open without invitation. While not required, submitting an abstract and presenting
a poster are encouraged as great ways to participate most fully in a Keystone Symposia meeting. Please review our
upcoming season meeting portfolio and contact us if we can answer any questions you may have. We look forward
to welcoming you soon at one of our conferences.

Here are some comments recent participants have made about Keystone Symposia conferences:

“As a scientist and member of the biotech industry, I highly value the Keystone Symposia as one of the last
venues of true open scientific dialogue spanning both academia and industry in the biological sciences, and am happy
to be able to support this work.”

“One of the best, if not THE best, meeting I have attended. All sessions were of interest and the
diversity (and quality) of research was stunning.”

— Anonymous comment from attendee survey for 2012 Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration meeting

“I strongly feel that my attendance boosted my career through connecting and networking with peers
and top scientists in the field. I actively contributed to discussion by asking questions directly to the speakers.
My poster presentation and overall interactions through the conference were very useful. I thank you for giving
me the opportunity to attend. I tremendously enjoyed it.”

“I love these kinds of meetings, because at least half of the people you have not heard speak before,
making the sessions even more interesting. On the practical side, my group came away with four new relationships
with groups we had not met before. Two have resulted in substantial academic collaborations, and the other
two were with representatives from two major pharma companies...”